Family friendly sailing, powerboating and rowing on the River Deben at all states of the tide
We asked the question in our last newsletter, if anyone remembered Mike Tehan. He was one of our first youth sailing trainers and a local high school teacher. Anyway, one of our members remembered him and gave us a little bit of background to this lovely man. Yes, indeed I remember Mike Tehan. Or Brian …
Newsletter 25-Sep-24 By Lucy Read Ys picnic 21.9.24 The second picnic this year for youth sailing, and what a great day it was. As the briefing was being given the lunch bags were packed in crates ready for careful loading and ease for transportation, and off up the river to the Rocks area. As this …
Barts Bash is the world’s largest sailing event in memory of multi-hull sailor Andrew Simpson and raises money for the Andrew Simpson Foundation. Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson was an Olympic Gold and Silver medallist who tragically passed away in 2013. Andrew passionately believed that everyone should have the opportunity to experience sailing and watersports, regardless of their …
Newsletter 7-Nov-24 by Andy Robinson With the sailing season coming to an end and a majority of boats now lifted out it is time to reflect back on our sailing season. The highs and lows and of course the weather that interfered with some of our plans. As part of the end of season we …
Newsletter 12-Sep-24 First Cornish gig to reach Snape Maltings? The club’s rowers have been spending the last days of summer tackling a series of amazing ‘Swallows and Amazons’ style adventure rows in new waters. The big adventure kicked off on Thursday 29 August with an epic 3 hr, 11.5 mile row in St Felix – …
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Monthly Lottery—an initiative designed to support our club and it’s future while offering you the chance to win fabulous cash and other prizes. At Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club, the running of our club is always our top priority. We’ve created a monthly lottery that not only …
Burton Week is the National 12 annual regatta. A fabulous four days! Not the steadiest wind forecast nor the largest fleet, spring tides, unknown committee boat, I was just a little apprehensive. Two years ago, we could have left the marks in overnight every night as we had a constant NE 4. Regular readers of …
Barts Bash returns for 2024! This is the world’s largest sailing event in memory of multi-hull sailor Andrew Simpson and raises money for the Andrew Simpson Foundation. Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson was an Olympic Gold and Silver medallist who tragically passed away in 2013. Andrew passionately believed that everyone should have the opportunity to experience sailing …
Would you like to have fun on the water and learn to sail? We’ve joined together with East Suffolk Community Partnership to offer a new opportunity called: WOMEN on WATER (WoW) Women on water is a project that encourages and supports women of all ages to get on the water with other women. It doesn’t …
Sailwave results for Summer Series 2024 at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club 2024 Summer Series 2024 Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Provisional at 17:47 on August 10, 2024 Dinghy Fleet Sailed: 4, Discards: 1, To count: 3, Rating system: PY, Entries: 10, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank Class Sail No Helm Crew PY R1 R2 R3 R4 …